Improper Cross-boundary Removal of Sensitive Data Affecting kernel-abi-whitelists package, versions <0:3.10.0-1160.80.1.0.1.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KERNELABIWHITELISTS-3100251
  • published27 Oct 2022
  • disclosed12 Jul 2022

Introduced: 12 Jul 2022

CVE-2022-29900  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-212  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-abi-whitelists to version 0:3.10.0-1160.80.1.0.1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2022-7337.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-abi-whitelists package and not the kernel-abi-whitelists package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Mis-trained branch predictions for return instructions may allow arbitrary speculative code execution under certain microarchitecture-dependent conditions.

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